ArticleCell reports2018
A Virally Encoded DeSUMOylase Activity Is Required for Cytomegalovirus Reactivation from Latency.
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- The Triterpenoid MOMORDIN-Ic Inhibits HCMV by Preventing the Initiation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotic Cells.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cellular Assays for Dynamic Quantification of Deubiquitinase Activity and Inhibition.Journal of molecular biology · 2023Article
- MORC3 represses the HCMV major immediate early promoter in myeloid cells in the absence of PML nuclear bodies.Journal of medical virology · 2023Article
- The Human Cytomegalovirus Latency-Associated Gene Product Latency Unique Natural Antigen Regulates Latent Gene Expression.Viruses · 2023Article
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- Hematopoietic stem cells and betaherpesvirus latency.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Review
- SUMOylation and Viral Infections of the Brain.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- HCMV carriage in the elderly diminishes anti-viral functionality of the adaptive immune response resulting in virus replication at peripheral sites.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Regulation of host and viral promoters during human cytomegalovirus latency via US28 and CTCF.The Journal of general virology · 2021Article
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- Identification of UL69 Gene and Protein in Cytomegalovirus-Transformed Human Mammary Epithelial Cells.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- A Tale of Usurpation and Subversion: SUMO-Dependent Integrity of Promyelocytic Leukemia Nuclear Bodies at the Crossroad of Infection and Immunity.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
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Abstract
A subset of viral genes is required for the long-term latent infection of hematopoietic cells by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Here, we show that a latency-associated gene product (LUNA) promotes the disruption of cellular PML bodies during latency. Mutation and inhibitor studies reveal that LUNA encodes a deSUMOylase activity responsible for this disruption. Specifically, LUNA encodes a conserved Asp-Cys-Gly motif common to all deSUMOylases. Importantly, mutation of the putative catalytic cysteine is sufficient to reverse LUNA-mediated PML dispersal and markedly reduces the efficiency of viral reactivation. The depletion of PML from cells is sufficient to rescue the reactivation of the LUNA-deficient viruses, arguing that targeting PML is an important biological role of LUNA. Finally, we demonstrate that reactivation of naturally latent HCMV is blocked by deSUMOylase inhibitors. Thus, latent HCMV primes the cellular environment for efficient reactivation via the activity of a virally encoded deSUMOylase.
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